A friend of ours told us that in Canada, Tim Horton's dominated McDonald's and if we had nothing else to eat at home, we could eat their donuts. She claims that because Canada is so cold, you'll end up burning through the calories so don't feel guilty about eating a donut. Sounds tempting. We decided to give it a try since all of us were tired and didn't feel like cooking anything later. However, my brother and dad took one look at the menu and saw it wasn't burgers and fries and marched right over to the Wendy's next door.
Besides donuts, Tim Horton's mainly sort of a "cafe" or small meal style restaurant because they have bagels, paninis, soups, etc. To be honest, nothing really appealed to me and the price didn't seemed just a tad expensive so I just ended up ordering a bagel and soup for around $5. My mom did order a panini which was fairly large and thought it was delicious. A very rare comment for a western dish. I guess Tim Horton's is like a Einstein Bagel type shop so it's not really a place for a meal but not at all similar to the Wendy's next door.
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| Wendy's Poutine |
Apparently there's this thing called poutine that Canada is famous for and my brother said it was absolutely necessary to try it while we are here. Poutine is basically fries with gravy poured over topped off with cheese curds. Sounds like an American dish right? But it's Canadian and my brother just had to order it from Wendy's. The gravy made it pretty salty and the cheese wasn't completely melted but I can't expect much from a fast food chain. Making this at home must be a piece of cake. I mean all you need is some fries, gravy and cheese curds and voila, you've got poutine. And it would probably even taste better if you bought some McDonald's fries to use instead of trying to make your own fries. Usually ends up nothing like fries unless you're a pro, which I'm not. Wait, I usually bake mine so that's probably why.
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